Mark V. Hurd

News about Mark V. Hurd, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 2, 2013

In the tech world, where failure is seen as an opportunity for spiritual growth, some dismissed chief executives are delivering a new kind of corporate goodbye: the honest one. MORE

Jan. 7, 2012

James B Stewart Common Sense column examines newly released June 2010 letter to Mark V Hurd which led to his downfall as Hewlett-Packard chief executive; suggests that sexual harassment allegations should not have led to his dismissal and that the primary people hurt by situation are stockholders who must pay for litigation as a result of accusations. MORE

Dec. 30, 2011

Letter to former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark V Hurd from lawyer Gloria Allred, who represented Jodie Fisher, may be made public by court order; June 2010 letter that led to Hurd's downfall paints a portrait of an executive who sought to impress Fisher, a contract employee, with his connections and wealth, and who pressed her inappropriately and asked her to spend the night with him. MORE

If the directors of Hewlett-Packard had set out to find a leader who was the antithesis of Carleton S. Fiorina, they could hardly have done better than Mark V. Hurd, an affable Midwesterner who is almost entirely unknown in Silicon Valley.

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A timeline of e-mails that Jodie Fisher apparently sent to Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett Packard, contrasts the events outlined in a letter that accuses Mr. Hurd of sexual harassment.